🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
🍎 Coconut Palm
Cocos nucifera
fruits
Perennial
Arecaceae
☀️ Sun
Full sun
💧 Water
Regular, thrives with high humidity; salt-tolerant
🗺️ Zones
10–12
🧪 Soil pH
5.0–8.0
🪴 Soil Type
Sandy, well-draining soil; tolerates saline conditions
🚿 Drainage
Well-draining
📏 Spacing
20–30 ft
📐 Height
50–100 ft
⏱️ Maturity
1825–2555 (5–7 years from planting)
🤝 Companions (7)
🤝 Banana
Compatible tropical companion
🤝 Ginger
Moisture-compatible understory crop
🤝 Pigeon Pea
Nitrogen fixer
🤝 Pineapple
Drought-tolerant understory
🤝 Sweet Potato
Ground cover, weed suppression
🤝 Taro
Thrives in similar conditions
🤝 Turmeric
Shade-tolerant understory
⚠️ Keep Apart (2)
⚠️ Lettuce
Overly different water/soil needs
⚠️ Potato
Incompatible growing conditions
📝 Growing Notes
Tropical palm; salt-tolerant and thrives near coastlines; requires high humidity; tall and dwarf varieties available; heavy feeder of potassium and magnesium.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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